What to Watch TV Reviews: The Chair Company, Loot, Murdaugh: Death In The Family and The Diplomat season three

Tell Me What You Really Think

Tuesday, 8.30pm, SBS

If you’re anything like us, you’ve spent considerable time thinking about who’d be on the guest list for your “fantasy” dinner party.

The participants would need to be interesting, have plenty of good banter, and the smarts to keep up with the conversation.

This series, presented by Marc Fennell, is that concept writ large, and sees the award-winning documentarian and podcaster inviting five interesting Australians to dinner each week to riff on hot-button health topics.

Episode one is all about ADHD, with subsequent episodes tackling obesity, ageing and menopause over four one-hour specials.

It’s an interesting concept, and the guests Fennell gathers are not your regular talking heads, though Kathy Lette does pop up and honestly, do we need to hear from her again?

Episode one is particularly illuminating, as Fennell and guests take a deep dive into ADHD and the proliferation of diagnoses over the past few years.

While researching the topic, Fennell takes himself off to meet with experts, and it’s while chatting with a psychiatrist that things get really personal and he’s given his own diagnosis — he seems genuinely shocked.

Much like Insight and the fabulous You Can’t Ask That, this is a great way to approach potentially thorny topics, the clashing opinions and hot takes making this the kind of dinner party you’d actually want to sit through.

Worth a watch.

The Chair Company

Monday, streaming on Max

Best known for his surrealist sketch comedy series I Think You Should Leave, Tim Robinson is back, teaming up with his writing partner Zach Kanin to bring us this eight-part series, which plays out like an extended version of one of their skits.

Robinson plays a man who suffers an unfortunate accident at work, which leads him to investigate a huge conspiracy. Robinson fans will likely lap this up — it’s as unhinged as you’d expect. An acquired taste.

Loot S3

Wednesday, streaming on Apple TV Plus

Maya Randolph is back playing billionaire philanthropist Molly Novack — if you’ve spied the promo for this third season, you’ll know this one is shaping up to be every bit as bonkers as the last.

In the season two finale, Molly confessed her feelings to Arthur (Nat Faxon), and this season explores what happens next for the mismatched co-workers. This show is a perfect tune-in-tune-out watch, tailor-made for second screening. Silly, fun and — dare we say it? — also a little forgettable.

Murdaugh: Death In The Family

Wednesday, streaming on Disney Plus

If you’re a true-crime buff, you’ll already be well versed in the story at the heart of this drama, starring Patricia Arquette and Aussie actor Jason Clarke as Maggie and Alex Murdaugh.

Their life unravels after their son is involved in a deadly boat crash, and the family’s links to many unsolved crimes come to light. Based on the hugely popular Murdaugh Murders podcast (and a real-life story), this may feel familiar, but Arquette and Clarke’s performances make this worth a look.

The Diplomat

Thursday, streaming on Netflix

Ever since THAT glorious cliffhanger last year, we’ve been waiting with bated breath for the next instalment of this excellent Netflix drama.

We pick up right where we left things, with Kate (Keri Russell) reeling from the news the president is now dead, and that morally questionable vice-president Grace Penn (Allison Janney) is now in command — this won’t be good news for her, or Hal (Rufus Sewell). This season is shaping up to be a big one. Mark your diaries.